3D Realms is shutting down according to a report on
Shacknews that's
confirmed by a post on the
3D
Realms Forums by Joe Siegler, who says: "It's not a marketing thing. It's
true. I have nothing further to say at this time." 3D Realms has been otherwise
silent on this topic so far, but publisher Deep Silver and newly formed Apogee
are unaffected by the news, as they say: "Deep Silver and Apogee Software are
not affected by the situation at 3D Realms. Development on the Duke Nukem
Trilogy is continuing as planned." According to Shack the closure is due to
funding issues, and they have a statement from Take Two who claim to still own
publishing rights to Duke Nukem Forever, but that they
have not been funding development of 3D Realms' flagship game.

It's amazing how you don't release a game for ten years, and then your money just runs out.

What, you mean nobody wanted to invest in the solid gold that was Duke Nukem Forever?

Someone should dig up all the announcements of which engine the game was going to use. I think it started with Quake 2, went Unreal, and on from there. There must have been at least a dozen engine switches in its 'lifetime'.